20 December 2006

Art of Seeing by PSS - Myanmar, Day 6: Mandalay, Heho, Inle lake

Good bye Mandalay

On the way to the Mandalay airport, we saw monk crossing the highway

Overloaded transport

Public Bus

More traffic shot

Truck with flowers and leaves decoration, for safety and beauty

Roadside fruit sellers

People go to work and carry their lunch

We reached the airport and I sat across this stern-looking daddy.

Edward was sleeping on the plane

View from the window, on the way to Heho








We landed in Heho

Traffic shots, from Heho to Inle





Water buffalos


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Nyaung Shwe
Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery & Cave Temple



































Welcome to Inle

The boats were waiting

Our luggage went straight to the hotel while we were not.

This were the people who transport supplies to the residence of Inle Lake and to the hotels around the lake

Scenery of the lake

Fishermen




Seagull fighting for food

Seagull chasing a boat (like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Bird)

More scenery

Bathroom is in front of the house

Houses in Inle lake

Provision shop in Inle lake

We have lunch at Sampan Food Service Center -- sound so technical

Locals going to catch eels


And caching fish using nets

And here was our model



And he was getting paid

Myanmar belief - nail a coin and your business will be successfull

Boat repair hut?

Another fisherman

Poor houses

Electricity pylon


Festival boat

Carrying firewood

Grass for the roof of the house


People of Inle Lake

School boat ... not bus, powered by students




Floating vegetable plantation and flower garden

More people



School has ended


Students going back to their home


Macho man with tattoo, and green painted pedals


Old man

Young Kid

Floating wild flower

Goods transportation

Around the residential area




Grass getting dryed for the roof repairs

Two men repaired a boat

Tourists in Inle Lake

This man caught his dinner

It was a rat

More traffic

Rich houses, with floating garden

Middle class houses, with wooden wall, but not as nicely constructed

Baby

Temporary shelter around the floating vegetable plantation

Men taking bath, after a hard day work in the floating plantation

Almost sunset

Back in the hotel we quickly has shower -- very cold... and eat dinner.
The hotel was really nice, in fact it was actually a resort, by the lake (not in the lake). We stayed at Inle Princess Resort
At that night the full extent of the damage on my other two Kingston cards revealed itself.